diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 7d1874be1df3..786d97aee751 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_csk_destroy_sock);
  * tcp/dccp_create_openreq_child().
  */
 void inet_csk_prepare_forced_close(struct sock *sk)
+	__releases(&sk->sk_lock.slock)
 {
 	/* sk_clone_lock locked the socket and set refcnt to 2 */
 	bh_unlock_sock(sk);